The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
January
Friday 24th
Winston Churchill died.
SE District ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope Session.Otley (6, 9-3-18 excellent going order ground floor ring)
Saturday 25th
SW District Practice.Edwardstone (6)
Friday 31st
Surprise Major Practice.Ufford
February
Saturday 1st
SE District Ringing.Offton, IP8 4RP (8, 8-1-18 excellent going order ground floor ring).
Saturday 8th
NW District Practice.St Peter, Brandon (6), IP27 0JE
NE District Ringing Meeting.Rendham (8)
Saturday 15th
George W Pipe 12 Bell Competition.Bishop's Stortford
Sunday 16th
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
Tuesday 18th
Bellringing Exhibition.All Saints, Little Cornard (CO10 0PE)
Wednesday 19th
Beccles 10 Bell Practice.Beccles (10)
Saturday 22nd
SW District Practice.Kersey (8)
Thursday 27th
Surprise Major Practice.Framlingham
Friday 28th
SE District ART Foundation Skills/Kaleidoscope Session.Otley, IP6 9NP (6, 9-3-18, excellent going order, ground floor ring)
March
Saturday 1st
SE District Ringing.Grundisburgh, IP13 6TB (12, 9-2-24, excellent going order, tower ring)
Saturday 8th
NW District Practice.Blessed Virgin Mary, Gislingham (8), IP23 8HP
NE District Ringing Meeting.Wingfield (6)
Saturday 15th
Surprise Major Practice.Debenham
Saturday 22nd
National 12-bell Striking Contest Qualifiers.
Beverley
Liverpool St Nicholas
Rotherham
Shrewsbury
April
Saturday 5th
SE District Ringing.Falkenham St Ethelbert King of East Anglia, IP10 0QY (6, 5-3-15, excellent going order, ground floor ring)
Thursday 10th
Surprise Major Practice.Hollesley
Saturday 12th
NW District Practice.The Norman Tower, BSE (12), IP33 1QX
Wednesday 23rd
Joseph M W Turner born.
Saturday 26th
Guild AGM.SE District
First peal of Grandsire Major.
First peal of Plain Bob Major.
May
Saturday 3rd
SE District Ringing.
Thursday 8th
VE Day.
Saturday 10th
NW District Practice.St Mary, Buxhall (8), IP14 3DL
Sunday 11th
Dedication Service for Drinkstone Bells.Drinkstone
Saturday 17th
Guild Striking Competitions.NE District
Sunday 18th
Dedication of the Bells.Fornham St Martin